Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-21
4 DIFFERENCE.
Attorn y-GeneraI Garland and Sscre'
tary of State Bayard Split on the
Fishery Question.
Bsysrd wiz Submit the Question to the
President and IL Not Sustained
Will Resign His ONCE.
General Edgerton Fakes Issue With Mr.
O5srIy on His Illinois Oval Service
Reform Letter-Texss Pensions.
tug VIRGINIA DEPT oJrE


Special 70 the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 Among the
lawyers who have watched the proceed
lngs in the Virginia habess prpus cases
| the impression seems to' prevail that the
Supreme court will sustain Judge Bond.
The cases involving the Virginia debt
question which came before the court
| were decided by q vote of five to four.
Since then one of the judges has died and
that would leave the court upon the same
question tie, four to four. The idea is,
that if the four judges who sustained the
Virginia debt laws against the bond
holders had stood together the conclusion
of the court would have been to
defer hearing the pending case until after
the appointment of the 9Th of June to
avoid tie. But one or more of the
former minority may have changed his
views, or at least have decided to sustain
Judge Bond, and hence the fixing the
thesring in November before the vacancy
in the bench can be filed. Had the con-
ference of the judges indicated tie the
natural conclusion is that the hearing
would have been postponed until after
the filing of the vacancy, as to FIX it
sooner with known tie existing would
eventuate in going over the whole case
again. .o.
TROUBLE IN THE CABINET.
There is another report current Of a
disagreement in the cabinet that may
lead to one more resignation. The trou-
BILE as stated Is between Mr.. Garland and
Mr.. Bayard, and grows out of the seal
fishery question. The seizure Of the Can
adam vessels in Alaskan waters made by
the Treasury Department were according
to the laws on the statute books Mr.
Bsvard as is known, holds that the claim
of jurisdiction over the Alaskan waters
beyond the three mile limit is not tena-
| BILE. When the case came be-
fore the United States court
at Sitka, it became the duty
of the Attorney General through his off,
Gals to secure the enforcement of the
! law as he found it and thus to defend the
action of the Treasury Department. 1t
is stated that the briefs in the cases pre-
pared by she de pertinent argue strongly
the side of the question opposed by Mr..
Bsyard and thereby place him in an awk-
ward position in disputing the similar
claim Of Canada to jurisdiction beyond
the three mile limit in Canadian waters.
Mr.. Bayard, it is said, will lay the matter
before the President on his return. and
will resign if he is not sustained in mis-
position.
COMMISSIONER EDGARTON TALKS.
Civil Service Commissioner Edgsrton
has returned and was at his desk to-day.
He was visited by your reporter who at
once brought up the subject of Commits
sioner Oberly's recent letter to the IIli-
nois Democratic Association. 81 do not
believe IN an extreme or strained con-
structiou OF the civil service law" said
Mr.. Edgarton, referring to the Oberly LETT
ter. "rhe law will accomplish its full
purpose without irritating tne pubic
| mind by an extreme construction. Tpese
state organizations have as much right to
resist as they ever had. There is
nothing in the law to prohibit 1t.
A nan is not deprived Of the privilege of
citizenship because he assumes public
Office, and I think the idea that man
should abandon his residence in
state, his citizenship, when
he take, Office in Washington is
preposterous. Why, If the law is to be
construed in this extreme manner it will
array the public against it. The legisls-
tive power is ABOVE as sill, and if the
law is to be applied so
| as to deprive man OF everV right OF cltl-
zenship because he takes office, the dang
er is that demand will be made upon
the Legislative power to wipe 1t out.
There is no necessity for anything of the
sort. The law is all right, and 1t only
nee Is to be construed in accordance
with common sense and practical expe-
rience.
YELLOW FEVER.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ia telegram
was received at the Marine Hospital
bureau this afternoon from Deputy Col.
lector Spencer at Tampa, saying the out.
look was better and tnat although there
are rumors of new cases they have not
been confirmed. One death occurred
yesterday. Owing to reported scarcity
of nurses at Tampa six acclimated nurses
at Savannah have been engaged by the
Marine Hospital bureau and furnished
with free transportation to Tampa.